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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Forwarded from Andrew at GTFM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Original Message-----<BR>
<B>From:</B> GTFM (Jennie Munnelly) [</FONT><A HREF="mailto:jen@gtfm.fsnet.co.uk"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">mailto:jen@gtfm.fsnet.co.uk</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">]<BR>
</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Sent:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> 08 January 2003 12:23<BR>
</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">To:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> nicky@commedia.org.uk<BR>
</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Subject:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> Re: [CMA_Radioforum] Funding access radio<BR>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi Nicky</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">My view is thatwe should be allowed to compete without restriction. In my view there is no need for restriction in that the amount of advertising we can attract is negligible and we are not competition. Most ILR stations except the small number of truely small scale and independently owned stations have national and regional advertisers which we sadly cannot attract as almost without exception they require RAJAR figures which we could not afford even if we wanted.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Our ability to attract advertising is limited and that which we do get is from very small local businesses who could not afford mainstream ad rates anyway so I cant see what the problem is</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">We exist with limited funds - we are expected to rely on grants and public funding but in turn they expect us to get some private funding to contribute so unless we are able to compete fairly we are hampered all around</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">On the question of us getting grants - well the answer there is simple as we provide a large element of public sector broadcasting and training which other ILR stations do not regard as commercially viable!</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">We are praying on a positive outcome to an Objective One funding bid but there is a related problem of State Aid and has been referred to the DTI for a directive - it has been suggested that there could be unfair competition to commercial radio - we hope they see sense ootherwise we close in March!</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thanks</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Andrew</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">GTFM</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Visit the Community Media Association!</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT><A HREF="http://www.commedia.org.uk"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://www.commedia.org.uk</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Telephone 0114 279 5219</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Email nicky@commedia.org.uk</FONT>
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